96 NEW BRITISH BEES. 



above that number. It is gratifying to see amongst our 

 younger Entomologists several able and industrious students 

 turning their attention to this most interesting order of in- 

 sects ; and although we cannot reasonably expect so large 

 a number to be added to our list of indigenous bees as has 

 been added since Mr. Kirby described them, still many in- 

 teresting additions are and will be continually made : the 

 remotest parts of the kingdom are by degrees being brought 

 within a day's rail, and we may confidently expect many 

 Swedish and even Lapland species will be added to our Fauna. 

 The last species in the above list was a grand addition to 

 our Fauna, made by Mr. White, who, had his visit to Shet- 

 land been an Entomological one, would no doubt have made 

 other equally interesting additions. On a future occasion we 

 hope to chronicle, not only species, but even genera unknown 

 at present to the British Fauna. 



New Species of Fossorial Hymenoptera, described or 

 discovered since the publication of Shuckard's Essay. 



Genus Pompilus, Fab. 



1. Pompilus acuminatus, Smith. This species is de- 

 scribed in the Catalogue of British Hymenoptera, App. 119. 

 I received it from Moffat, Scotland ; there is a specimen in 

 the British Museum, without a locality. 



Genus Aporus, Spin. 



2. Aporus bicolor, Spinola. I captured two specimens of 

 this insect at Southend; that described in Shuckard's Essay 

 is only a variety of P. pectinipes, having the second trans- 

 verse cubital nervure obsolete. 



Genus Astata, Panzer. 



3. Astata stigma, Panzer. I captured a female of this 



